He'll be here mate, don't worry.

Hope so

Surely if obst is a quota player then that is one of only 5 spaces we have so he stops us signing another quota player?

But he doesn't count on the non-fed list, which is where people always get confused as its quite rare. If we re-sign Moa he takes the other half of his space.
If we don't sign Moa or any other Non-fed player then technically Obst would stop us signing 4 Aussies or NZ. Don't see that as a bad thing though, tbh.

to be honest,if it comes a choice of having obst next year or someone like tim smith,id sooner have obst.

If I may reply to my learned friend.

Lovegrove isn't quota - he has a UK passport. Jake Webster would be a better example.

I count yours as...

Quota: O'Meley, Fitzgibbon, Phelps, Obst.

Non-fed: O'Meley, Fitzgibbon, Phelps, Lauaki, Moa.

You are short of non-fed spots, rather than quota spots, as things stand. Only if Lauaki and Moa both leave does Obst's presence limit your options in any significant way.

It's still true
Although the wins he's led you too over Crusaders, Quins and Bradford have no doubt turned you into champions elect

Why?..Obst has already justified a second year stint with us.A brilliant little player who is very quick and elusive and playing really well for us.Imo i would say he is already one of the better players at the club.

Obst is a grafter mate,with skill to match.Maybe you should watch him a little more often.

obst isn't brilliant

Maybe not to you but its a matter of opinion.Since he signed for us he has proved all the doubters wrong and is getting better week by week.We have not had a player like him for sometime, who can cover important roles in the team.At this moment in time Obst is worth is weight in gold for us.

Given the amount of times even MR admits he's led them a merry dance, i think he's probably sick of seeing him.

But he gives us exactly what we've needed for years now - genuine halfback cover. Imagine if he'd of been here last year. We could have finished 4th comfortably.

Robbo is right that it could potentially restrict us, i.e. if both Moa and Lauaki go and we don't recruit a non-quota non-fed. I said in my post that I think that's a possibility, as I think we might let Lauaki go and lose Moa. Your argument hinges on retaining at least one of those, we may not.

Obst may affect our recruitment options, he may not, I just happen to think that he's not even worth the risk.

I'm quite happy that we'll be using a quota spot on Obst. I'm also quite confident Moa will be staying.
So the only real difference it makes is whether we can sign 3 or 4 Aussies for next year? Even then if we sign anyone non-fed it becomes irrelevant. Hardly grounds to rubbish the signing is it? Considering the impact he has had in his start here.

TBF, there's that many it's easy to get them mixed up and lose track.

obst sums up your clubs ambitions when compared to the likes of wigan signing bret finch

if we hadnt have signed obst for next year and with long probably going,we would have no no 7 and no back up.who do people who dont want obst here next season suggest we sign?

i think finch is overated,but just my opinion

he would walk into either hull side

Blake Green anyone?.

Anyway, on current form, I'd take Obst over Finch thanks.

WTF? You signed Blake Green while Wigan got Brett Finch.






I know who i'd rather have.

we don't have:

bags of money
profit making
grade a license
14000 regular home attendance





why not splash the cash on a half back? sam obst is not a half back of a top four team imo